Can democracy become a new form of despotism? This book reveals the totalitarian seeds hidden within liberal society, born from our constant struggle between the universal desire for freedom and the craving for absolute security.
Mindoro and Lingayen Liberated
From Dec 1944 to Jan 1945, two Allied invasions in the Philippines turned the tide against Japan. This book covers the battles of Mindoro Island and Lingayen Gulf, focusing on the devastating Kamikaze attacks on Allied ships and the war crimes of high-ranking Japanese officers.
This book is devoted to the development of the knowledge society in Kazakhstan. It examines the creation of an “intellectual nation” as a way of modernizing society, where a creative person becomes the main source of development through quality education.
This volume explores Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) through case studies from Gabon, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, and the USA. It articulates the complexities and ambiguities within heritage discourses, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At last, a clear path through quantum mechanics. This book intuitively unravels entanglement and wave-particle duality, revealing a profound truth: the objectivity of reality is not a simple yes-or-no question.
An Alternative Medical Perspective on Ancient History
Based on Sumerian tablets and ancient DNA, this book reveals the world’s first pandemic. Historians have many theories for the demise of the Sumer and Indus Valley civilisations, but none ever proposed an infectious disease. This book rewrites ancient history.
With the Bees
Dissatisfied with commercial beekeeping? This guide offers a fresh, science-based method for the backyard beekeeper. It simplifies hive systems and minimizes interventions, making your hobby less labor-intensive, more affordable, and truly aligned with bees’ natural behavior.
Transcription Practice for the International Phonetic Alphabet
Learn to transcribe English sounds with the International Phonetic Alphabet to improve your pronunciation. Ideal for students and English language learners, this handbook assumes no prior knowledge and includes exercises with solutions, making it perfect for individual study.
This book covers the principles, types, and manufacturing of antistatic and conductive textile materials. Learn how they protect against charge dissipation and EMI, and discover their special applications as sensors, antennas, flexible heaters, and specialized apparel.
This book explores how writers have shaped social revolutions and their connection to radicals. A blend of political theory, literary theory, and political action, it is a call for writers to work towards Socialism.
My Kind of Sound
Music shapes our identity. This book explores music as culture, art, and industry. It examines phenomena from the global rise of Reggaeton to iconic artists like David Bowie and the crucial role of music in TV series, showing how it challenges us to rethink our view of the world.
This book provides knowledge on the medicinal properties of honey and flavonoids. Based on years of research, it’s one of the first scientific works of its kind, intended for students in science and medicine, as well as professionals in honey production and research.
This text explores how ideology steers terrorist groups. It argues they are not monolithic, as guiding views influence their tactics, targets, and recruitment. By examining ideological group types with detailed examples, crucial differences among them become clear.
This book discusses the development of Hebrew poetry in Andalusia and the Arab influence on its motifs. It shatters existing myths about the region during the period of Muslim rule.
Black British Women’s Writing in the 1970s and Beyond
This collection of essays examines Black British women writers published from the 1970s to the 2000s. Connected to the UK through migration yet attached to their cultural origins, their work explores a crucial question: how were they able to conceptualise ‘home’ in their fiction?
This book proposes a new way to measure housing unaffordability from a resident’s point of view: the mismatch between where one can afford to live and where they would prefer to live. Written for all, it helps residents, academics, and practitioners make wiser decisions.
The Creative Process
This book uses psychoanalysis, Marxism, and other theories to analyze creativity. It argues that everyone is creative, relating the concept to humor and everyday life—from TikTok to bagels. Includes the author’s drawings and journal notes that show his thinking process.
The Art of Allusion in Chinese Poetry
This book explores the rhetorical function of allusion in Li Shangyin’s poems, formulating an English taxonomy for the practice in Chinese poetry. It challenges conventional gendered allegory, revealing how Li’s manipulation of history produces metaphorical and ambiguous effects.
Kokborok Literature from Tripura
This study delves into the folktales and literature of the Borok tribe, revealing their struggle for cultural identity. Writers draw on myths and folklore to challenge mainstream stereotypes and reclaim a heritage shaped by cultural domination and conflict.
Elements of Peacemaking Revolutions
Intractable conflict traps generation after generation in a chain of destruction. This book introduces the study of peacemaking revolutions, a process required to turn opposing parties into a community and build a peaceful society.